exchangeable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English exchange

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English exchangeable

From exchange + -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

exchangeable (not comparable)

1. Able to be exchanged.
2. (finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.

Derived terms

• coexchangeable
• exchangeably
• nonexchangeable
• unexchangeable

Translations

able to be exchanged

• Finnish: vaihdettavissa oleva, vaihdettava (fi)
• French: échangeable (fr)
• Manx: so-choonrey, yn-vaylartey, yn-choonrey
• Polish: wymienny (pl) m

Noun

exchangeable (plural exchangeables)

1. (finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.